More on Book Weeding
The New York Times joins the book weeding discussion. There are some good suggestions, but I have a few others.
1. Give away your books in the easiest way you can. I take mine to Half Price Books. If they want them, they give me money. If they don’t, they recycle them. Selling, sending, giving some books here and others there is a fine idea. But it’s going to take more time and effort just to rid yourself of something you’re done with already.
2. Most used books won’t bring much, if any money. Why? Because if you don’t want them, chances are others won’t, either. Don’t argue with the person at the used book store. They are not living in a mansion on the profits from your National Geographics.
Weeding books now, and not missing them later, are wonderful things.